EDUCATION
Yale University School of Art, MFA in Painting, 1985
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, BFA, 1981
Moore College of Art, majored in drawing and painting, 1976 - 78

TEACHING
State University of New York, at Purchase, Lecturer, 2006: Figure Drawing; Drawing I
Gateway Community College, Adjunct Professor, 2006 - present: Drawing; Painting
Albertus Magnus College, Adjunct Professor, 2006: Art of the Twentieth Century; Color Theory
Fairfield University, Adjunct Professor, 1995 - 2001: Drawing; Figure Drawing; Color Theory
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Instructor, 1999 - present: Figure Drawing; Watercolor; Painting; Color Theory
Housatonic Community College, Adjunct Professor, 1998: 2D Design
University of Connecticut at Storrs, Lecturer, 1989: Figure Drawing
Paier College of Art, Lecturer, 1989: Drawing
State University of New York, at Purchase, Lecturer, 1986: Figure Drawing
Yale, Teaching Assistant to Gretna Campbell, 1984: Drawing

RESIDENCIES
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY, residency, 1992 and 2002
Seaside, Florida's Escape to Create Artist's Residency Program, 1996

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, 2008
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine, 2001
Randall Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT, Recent Paintings, 1997
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT, Sea, Snow, Sky, 1996
Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, Paintings and Drawings, 1996
Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, Recent Paintings, 1996
Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, Untold Stories, 1995
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Paintings and Drawings, 1994

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Gallery @ Haskins Laboratories, Yale, Dreams, Memory and Sleep, 2007
Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT, Three Painters, 2003
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, The Portrait, 2002
Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT, Windows, 2002
John Slade Ely House, 40th Anniversary Invitational, New Haven, 2001
Creative Arts Workshop, Yale & CAW, New Haven, 2001
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, Maine, 2000
Artists in Residence: Creative Arts Workshop Faculty, New Haven, 1999
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Inspired Fear, 1998
The National Academy of Design, New York, 173rd Annual Exhibition, 1998
Fairfield University, Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield, Inaugural Faculty Exhibition, 1998
Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, Faculty Exhibition, 1998
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, Six Painters, 1997
Artspace, New Haven, Barriers and Enclosures, 1996
Tatistcheff and Company, New York, Summer Group Exhibition, 1995
Tatistcheff and Company, New York, Summer Group Exhibition, 1994
Real Art Ways, Hartford, About Face, 1994
Tatistcheff and Company, New York, Summer Group Exhibition, 1993
Mishkan Israel Synagogue, New Haven, Keepers of the Ritual: Jewish Women and Art, 1992
Munson Gallery, New Haven, A Room with a View, 1998
Pleiades Gallery, New York, Fifth Annual Juried Show, Juror: Donald Kuspit, 1987
Artists Working in New Haven, New Haven, 1986
Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, MFA Thesis Show, 1985
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Exhibition of Small Works, Philadelphia, 1981

BIBLIOGRAPHY
The New Haven Register, March 25, 2007, Haskins Exhibit…Explores What We Dream,…, Judy Birke
The Waterbury Republican, March 16, 2003, Art Assoc Combines 3 Notable Talents in Show, Tracey O'Shaughnessy
The Waterbury Republican, March 9, 2003, Color, Light, Bring Life to Art, Sarah Sparks
The New Haven Register, December 1, 2002, In Portraits, Stories of Artists and Subjects, Judy Birke
The New York Times, CT, August 18, 2002, A Wide-Open View Through Glass Panes, William Zimmer
The New Haven Register, April 1, 2001, CAW gives good glimpse of decades of Yale art, Judy Birke
The New Haven Register, January 21, 2001, In crowded faculty show, four stand out, Judy Birke
The New Haven Register, October 12, 1999, Teachers show their stuff, Judy Birke
Art New England, December/January 1999, Regional Reviews; Inspired Fear, Michael Rush
The New York Times, CT, September 20, 1998, Charting the Essence of Omnipresent Fear, William Zimmer
Review, September 15, 1998, Inspired Fear, Michael Rush
The New Haven Register, September 13, 1998, Fears exposed, examined in 'Inspired' exhibit, Judy Birke
The Waterbury Republican, November 16, 1997, Large meaning finds its way in small spaces, Tracey O'Shaughnessy
Art New England, April/May 1997, Regional Reviews; Barriers and Enclosures, Michael Rush
The New York Times, Connecticut, November 3, 1996, Sculptural Installation of Large Intention, William Zimmer
The New Haven Register, October 27, 1996, Artspace puts up a few formidable barriers in show, Judy Birke
The Waterbury Republican, August 1996, Painter pushes personal elements to the forefront, Kelly Devine
The New Haven Register, March 10, 1996, You'll love solving mysteries in show by Branford artist, Judy Birke
The New Haven Register, September 18, 1994, An eerie excellence pervades painter's Erector Square show, Judy Birke
The New Haven Register, April 17, 1994, Artspace offers memorable look at dark side of childhood, Judy Birke
The New Haven Register, October 2, 1988, A Painterly Look at Rooms and What They Mean, Shirley Gonzales
The New Haven Register, November 9, 1986, City Artists Have a Message, Shirley Gonzales
Catalog: Inspired Fear, 1998
Catalog: Artists Working in New Haven, 1986

Represented by Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT

 



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